Do you remember?
If you have Seminole Heights family or business photos, letters or memorabilia, or would like to participate in the documentary, call Suzanne Prieur at 610-5255 or contact Gene Howes through www.cigarcitypictures.com.
The next preservation committee meeting will be at 7 pm Oct. 11.
The next preservation committee research session will be at 6:30 pm on Oct. 18.
Seminole Heights is the focus of a historical documentary. changed so much
By ALEXANDRA ZAYAS, Times Staff WriterPublished September 23, 2007
TAMPA - Long before Cappy's and Starbucks and Interstate 275, cows roamed Seminole Heights. They grazed the Henry and Ola Park until it was time for milking. Then their owners untied them and walked them home.
Before Lowry Park Zoo, schoolchildren toured Boyd's on Nebraska Avenue. It was a service station and a zoo, complete with an alligator, a lion and a chimpanzee, dressed as a gas station attendant.
Girls posed like models in a sunken garden on Central Avenue, and men home from World War II walked their sweethearts around Lake Roberta.
These are the stories buried in the memories of Seminole Heights' oldest residents, their letters, their photos, their treasures. Now, the neighborhood known for its restoration of old bungalows is embarking on a new form of historic preservation:
A documentary.
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